I posted this post over one year ago and my perceptions about business
have certainly changed. I totally agree that it is competition, and
competition is good to create ever better service and products. In this
case though, it seems to be creating more trouble in the long run than
it does good.

North Americans (and by that I mean mainly US Americans, not so much
Canadians) seem to think that they can make themselves happy by
purchasing ever more garbage at ever cheaper prices. Walmart fulfills
this “want”.

I'm not sure where you live, but I do hear about a lot of issues in the
asian job market, and I am not willing to support the exploitation of
people. Although I can't avoid it, I will try my best not to promote it.

I think there are a lot more issues economically with this system
though. North America has created an ideal environment where are few
business owners create massive companies and amass a lot of wealth, but
in essence “funnel” the money out of North Americas market into Asia,
which will severely hurt this economy in the long run.

China on the other hand protects its economy. If you want to set up shop
in China, they make you co-operate with local business' which has to
own at least 50% of the business. Profit has to be shared between them.
This means that you cannot simply set up shop and suck the money out of
the country.

One last point in this debate, Germany has managed to stay right on top
of the game. It is really surprising how much is still manufactured in
Germany and how well they are competing in the world market. This shows
you that a country can compete even though it has extremely high labor
cost. (I'm aware of the shifts in the market even there, since I am
German), but en large, it is coping very well.

My observation is it that North American business' let their heads hang
fast, when it comes to manufacturing here. They only care about the
bottom line and not the health and wealth of their nation. So I like to
encourage companies to be be as innovative as possible, to stick in it
for the long run and not simply hand the business over to Asia.

I posted this post over one year ago and my perceptions about business
have certainly changed. I totally agree that it is competition, and
competition is good to create ever better service and products. In this
case though, it seems to be creating more trouble in the long run than
it does good.

North Americans (and by that I mean mainly US Americans, not so much
Canadians) seem to think that they can make themselves happy by
purchasing ever more garbage at ever cheaper prices. Walmart fulfills
this “want”.

I'm not sure where you live, but I do hear about a lot of issues in the
asian job market, and I am not willing to support the exploitation of
people. Although I can't avoid it, I will try my best not to promote it.

I think there are a lot more issues economically with this system
though. North America has created an ideal environment where are few
business owners create massive companies and amass a lot of wealth, but
in essence “funnel” the money out of North Americas market into Asia,
which will severely hurt this economy in the long run.

China on the other hand protects its economy. If you want to set up shop
in China, they make you co-operate with local business' which has to
own at least 50% of the business. Profit has to be shared between them.
This means that you cannot simply set up shop and suck the money out of
the country.

One last point in this debate, Germany has managed to stay right on top
of the game. It is really surprising how much is still manufactured in
Germany and how well they are competing in the world market. This shows
you that a country can compete even though it has extremely high labor
cost. (I'm aware of the shifts in the market even there, since I am
German), but en large, it is coping very well.

My observation is it that North American business' let their heads hang
fast, when it comes to manufacturing here. They only care about the
bottom line and not the health and wealth of their nation. So I like to
encourage companies to be be as innovative as possible, to stick in it
for the long run and not simply hand the business over to Asia.

And then somebody else would. As for the “Vlasic” again, you might consider it as a public service Wal-Mart make affortable for many many people, what deemed to be elitest product.

It is so easy to follow the falacy and stone walling “American jobs”. Some people could remember there used to be adds on TV where a cowboy was blowing up Japanese cars…it did not help.

The only way to survive is to switch to high tech, move one. This is just natural evolution. For some things even robots can not compete with 1 USD dollar a day pay….